(CNN) — Every night at 7 p.m., Singapore's Boon Tat Street channels the spirit of the 1950s -- before the city state's skyscrapers stole the show -- and magically transforms into a street food lover's paradise. As the sun goes down, streetlights cast a glow. The road shuts to autos to...

What Is Wushu Performance and Why Should You Hire Our Wushu Performers? If you’re a 90’s kid, you may have watched the animated movie “Mulan”. In this flick, Li Shang taught his soldiers some Kungfu techniques. Thus, a lot of children who grew up in the 90s became interested in this m...

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Start your day with what's moving markets in Asia. Sign up here to receive our newsletter. The rise of the machines is coming. In technology-proficient Singapore, their integration into the economy could help the domestic growth rate to almost double and significantly lift labor produ...

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Singapore’s government rarely misses a chance to display its country’s world-beating credentials. Various rankings , some handily compiled by a government investment agency , show it’s the world’s easiest place to do business, it’s among the globe’s safest countries, and its people ar...

Singapore-based MM2 Asia ’s plan to acquire a 50% stake in the country’s largest cinema chain has collapsed after the owner of the rest of the shares did not approve the plan. It was announced Monday that the Singaporean media mini-conglomerate failed to get approval from Golden Scree...

Editor’s Note: Skift launched a series, Gateway, as we broaden our news coverage geographically with first-hand, original stories from correspondents embedded in cities around the world. We started with regular reports several times per month from tourism hubs Beijing, Singapore and C...

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BEIJING: The task is simple, my editor told me. Try going around without cash for one entire day and rely only on mobile phone for payments. Easy, I thought. These days in most Chinese cities, many are using a smartphone to pay for just about anything, and I am no exception. But is it...

At an austere mental health clinic in northern Syria, male patients with shaved heads squat barefoot in a courtyard, some dressed in uniforms and others in T-shirts and tracksuit trousers. One man screams at those around him, while another laughs to himself. A third sings exuberantly,...

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The unveiling of the draft cybersecurity bill sheds light on proposed cybersecurity compliance standards and the broad, sweeping powers of Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency. Hot on the heels of the recent worldwide ransomware attacks, Singapore’s Ministry of Communications and Informa...

Singapore’s National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the country’s Economic Development Board have invested $13.2 million in a new specialist biomedical facility. The National University of Singapore Centre for Additive...

Start your day with what's moving markets in Asia. Sign up here to receive our newsletter. A recurring challenge for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is how to make them work in the real world. A Singapore-based startup says the answer is its Visa card. TenX is pitching its debit ca...

But in reality, Australia’s narrative was overdrawn. The dichotomising of Indonesia’s diverse Muslim community into moderate-radical, good-bad binary opposites was simplistic and showed little awareness of the complexities of religious life. Moreover, Australian politicians and diplom...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore officials on Monday congratulated the cartoonist who swept the international comic industry's "Oscars", having withdrawn his grant two years ago for portraying the country's history in a very different way to the version taught at school. Sonny Liew won...

Singapore's drive to become a global high-tech hub has seen the government, agencies, and companies actively encourage the study and implementation of technology across industries. Current uses range from self-driving buses and taxis to robots assisting the elderly with exercise. Rece...

YANGON (AFP, REUTERS) - Rising floodwaters have swallowed a Buddhist pagoda in central Myanmar and sent tens of thousands fleeing their homes, as the government warned of more heavy rains ahead. Dramatic footage circulating on social media showed the riverside, gold-leaf-covered Thiri...

Cyberbit Ltd., a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., said Monday it is opening new offices in Singapore, which it sees as an important center for cybersecurity technologies in the Asia Pacific region. The new offices will enable Cyberbit to provide management and support services to the...

The Drum has expanded its headcount in Asia Pacific, hiring commercial and editorial staff for its regional headquarters in Singapore. Senior business development manager Gavin Floyd moves to Singapore from The Drum’s home in Glasgow. He is the first commercial hire for the Asia Pacif...

You can also spend a night at York Hotel Singapore with their National Day Package. You enjoy 5% off Best Available Rates. The package comes with buffet breakfast for two at White Rose Café, complimentary internet connectivity, welcome mocktail and a fresh fruit platter. This rate is ...

My British lunchmates on a recent Sunday in Edinburgh, Scotland, were exceedingly polite when my order arrived. Amid their tableau of salads and artfully filleted fish, my plate held Welsh rarebit, the venerable dish that assembles melted cheese, ale, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce...

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Singapore went through a bit of a national mourning on May 29 . On that day, it was announced that Gong Cha would no longer be operating in Singapore. In its stead, a rebranded LiHo would arise. But that wasn’t enough to stop the excessive mourning, with long queues greeting the final...

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NEW YORK: Justin Bieber abruptly cancelled the remainder of a world tour on Monday (Jul 24), citing "unforeseen circumstances". The 23-year-old Canadian superstar - who in recent years has been as known for off-stage antics as for his music - had been due to resume his "Purpose" tour ...

The rise of the machines is coming. In technology-proficient Singapore, their integration into the economy could help the domestic growth rate to almost double and significantly lift labor productivity, according to a report by consultancy Accenture. It found that artificial intellige...

Los Angeles (AFP) - John Kundla, a Hall of Fame coach who led the Minneapolis Lakers to five National Basketball Association (NBA) titles before the team moved to Los Angeles, died on Sunday. He was 101. Kundla, the original coach of the Los Angeles Lakers NBA franchise, had been in a...

At an austere mental health clinic in northern Syria, male patients with shaved heads squat barefoot in a courtyard, some dressed in uniforms and others in T-shirts and tracksuit trousers. One man screams at those around him, while another laughs to himself. A third sings exuberantly,...

SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) - A recurring challenge for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is how to make them work in the real world. A Singapore-based start-up says the answer is its Visa card. TenX is pitching its debit card as an instant converter of multiple digital currencies into fia...

I went for their signature item, Sor Hei ($3.20), which was named after the traditional ceremony 梳起 (Combing-up) as a tribute to the previous shop owner who was a Majie (妈姐) – traditional women who worked as domestic workers and vowed not to get married.